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AUS vs PAK 1st T20I Dream11 Team Prediction and Probable XI: Preview

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Australia vs Pakistan match. We are covering AUS vs PAK 1st T20I Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the T20I match. The match is to be played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

Australia suffered defeat in the test series and will find a tough challenge against top ranked T20I team. They however defeated UAE easily in the only T20I. Bowling first, Billy Stanlake and N Coulter Nile took two wickets each to restrict UAE at 117. D Short starred with the bat scoring unbeaten knock of 68 runs to win the match by 7 wickets. They will hope to give a similar performance against Pakistan team.

Pakistan being no.1 ranked T20I team will come all guns blazing in their favourite limited overs format. They last defeated Australia and Zimbabwe in a T20I tri-series earlier this year. With momentum on their side, They will hope to get a good start in the three-match T20I series.

A good match can be expected between both top teams.

When and Where:

AUS VS PAK, 1st T20I Match, Australia vs Pakistan in UAE, 2018.
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
24th October, 09:30 PM IST

Squads:

AUS:
Aaron Finch (c), Billy Stanlake, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Chris Lynn, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, D Arcy Short, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben McDermott, Peter Siddle.

PAK:
Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Sahibzada Farhan, Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Babar Azam, Waqas Maqsood, Faheem Ashraf, Asif Ali

Team News:

Australia:

There is no news regarding fitness of Mitch Starc. We will update on him as soon as possible.

Aaron Finch, D Short and C Lynn will be the key batsmen. Glenn Maxwell, Ben Mcdermott and Alex Carey will support them.

N Coulter Nile, Andrew Tye and Billy Stanlake will lead the pace attack while Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar will be the key spinners. G Maxwell and D Short can also bowl few overs of spin.

They will most probably go with the same playing XI as against UAE.

Pakistan:

Captain Sarfraz Ahmed has declared the playing XI for the first T20I.

Shoaib Malik will not be available for first T20I due to personal reasons.

Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, M Hafeez and Sarfaraz Ahmed will be the key batsmen. Asif Ali will play the role of finisher along with Shadab, Faheem and Imad Wasim.

Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi and Faheem Ashraf will lead the pace attack whereas Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim will be the key spinners. M Hafeez can also bowl few overs of spin.

Probable Playing XI:

AUS:
D Arcy Short, Aaron Finch (c), Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott/Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Billy Stanlake.

PAK:
Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, Hussain Talat, Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi.